In the next two days, the armies of the two countries were engaged in a cruel tug-of-war on the Yanyun Mountain Pass, which was insurmountable.
Both sides understand that this battle at Yanyun Mountain Pass plays an important role in the development of the entire war situation. No matter how much the loss is, it will never retreat easily.
Most of the time Qiu Te Ren couldn't stand it. However, when the Imperial Army was slightly relaxed, he would suddenly go out and give the Imperial Army a sneak attack. Xiao Deshengguo quickly withdrew, which made the Imperial Army chasing behind him sigh at the rain of arrows.
Although the imperial army has a great advantage in terms of number of people, they have no way to deploy all their troops in front of the dangerous terrain of Yanyun Mountain and rely on the advantage of numbers to form a siege against Qiu Te people.
They could only honestly accept the fate of being blocked by Qiu Te Ren at the mountain pass and pestering one-on-one.
In addition, there is another very unfavorable factor for the Imperial Army: Since the entire mountain road from the camp of the Imperial Army to the Yanyun Pass where Qiu Teren was defending were all oblique mountain roads, the advanced heavy siege equipment of the Imperial Army could not be transported up the mountain. They could only rely on cloud ladders and the most primitive wall-climbing tactics to attack Qiu Teren. Otherwise, how could Qiu Teren's simple wooden village withstand the impact of these imperial troops who were good at siegeing cities?
For the Imperial Army, what is worthy of comfort is their number advantage
Although their more than 400,000 troops could not be fully deployed to the battlefield at once, they could be divided into four teams of 100,000 people to engage in a wheel battle against Qiu Teren.
Qiu Teren, who was understaffed, was much more painful in comparison. They could only rely on those teams to hold on to the end.
Because of this reason, as the Imperial Army continued to pounce day and night, Qiu Teren gradually felt a little overwhelmed.
There is no need to say that their soldiers have suffered a large number of casualties. Even soldiers who can continue to fight are becoming increasingly tired due to days of hard work.
The day after the first battle between the two armies, 50,000 Qiute soldiers newly recruited by Han Zhengtian arrived at Yanyun Mountain Pass, which to some extent made up for the shortcomings of Qiute's army's insufficient troops.
However, after two days of consumption, almost all of these people were lost
During the three-day hard battle, the number of imperial troops lying in front of Yanyun Mountain Pass was nearly 100,000, and Qiu Teren's losses were basically equivalent to that of him.
For Qiu Te Ren, there are only more than 50,000 soldiers in the war, and the situation is very critical
This day is November 16th
The night before, the imperial army's attack on Yanyun Mountain Pass lasted for most of the night and did not stop until Yin hour.
In the early morning, Wu Heyan and Jiang Hanqing stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the battlefield
Both of them were exhausted due to the hard battles for several days.
The two of them had been sleeping for less than two hours last night
Both of them looked so haggard: their hair was scattered, their beards were covered in temples, and their eyes were swollen.
Looking at the rising sun, U Heyan murmured: Another day has begun! Alas!... There is no news on Her Majesty the Queen! If today...
The tone is full of heavy and helpless
Jiang Hanqing, who was leaning over to observe the movements of the imperial army, turned to him and said: It's Ah! Today is the most critical day. If the Queen's army cannot appear today... I guess I can't defend it anymore!
Speaking of this, Jiang Hanqing lowered his voice because he was afraid that the people around him would hear it.
Wu Heyan turned to look at Jiang Hanqing, stared at him for a long time and suddenly laughed: We blocked the 400,000 Xia army at this Yanyun Mountain Pass for more than three days. Even if we lose Yanyun Mountain Pass today, I don’t think it’s too embarrassing, right? Don’t die with a dead face, just like I’m going to die in battle today!
Jiang Hanqing also smiled and said: Wu Shuai is indeed extraordinary, and he can still laugh at this moment! Haha! Admiration!... But to be honest, if you lose this mountain pass, I am afraid that the future situation will not be good for us!
Wu Heyan shook his head, let out a heavy breath, and suddenly said angrily: Damn... I don’t know what they are doing! I have been there for so many days, and there is no news at all!
Jiang Hanqing comforted: Her Majesty the Queen and the others must be very anxious, but what's the use of being anxious about the war? You can only wait patiently for their news.
Wu Heyan kicked a stone in front of him down the mountain and cursed: Wait patiently?... Isn't it still waiting! It's over today! Waiting? Fuck! If you keep going like this, when they come, you're still here to collect the corpse for you and me... Fucking the corpse... Isn't collecting the corpse... Isn't collecting the corpse... I'm going to die by myself!
Seeing his furious look, Jiang Hanqing shook his head with a wry smile. In fact, he didn't know what to say.
A cloak gently put on his shoulder from behind
Jiang Hanqing smiled and reached out to her back and hugged her, and a warm and fleshy body was pressed on his back.
Bai Yingjue's gentle voice rang behind her back: Even if I can't keep it today, I will protect you and leave safely.
Wu Heyan turned his head to look at Bai Yingjue when he heard the sound and said leisurely: Young Master, having such a good wife follows you to take care of her is really a rare blessing in the world!
Jiang Hanqing smiled slightly, reached out and patted Bai Yingjue's plump buttocks, and replied: I made Wu Shuai laugh!
Wu Heyan shook her head and looked at the sky and said: When Her Majesty the Queen decided to send troops to Xia Kingdom, Zhengtian's brother strongly opposed me and didn't agree with it at that time. Now I know... Alas! Her Majesty the Queen is wise and has never lost a battle for many years. This time she is bad. She is so proud and underestimated the enemy! Except for Zhengtian's brother, all the Qiu Te people did not really realize how terrible the Great Xia Kingdom is! We all feel that victory came so easily when the imperial borders raided, and even many times the Empire felt like it was a feeling of losing teeth and swallowing blood. Who knew that when the Empire really fought with an enemy with all its strength, its strength would be so terrifying!
Jiang Hanqing interrupted: You have never seen the strength of the "Yufeng Legion" and the "Flying Eagle Legion"! Compared with them, the "Black Eagle Legion" in front of you is like a refugee unit.
Wu Heyan said in a fascination: I don’t know when I will have the opportunity to see these two invincible and famous troops!
Jiang Hanqing sneered in his heart: Humph! Want to see it! When I ascend to the 95th year of my throne and destroy you barbarian bandits who offend my Celestial Kingdom, you can see the power of the "Yufeng Legion"! Haha!
In his heart, these Qiu Te people were always just barbarians and grass-roots people. Although they helped them fight for their own interests, they still felt that they offended the prestige of the Celestial Empire, and even though they died a hundred times, they still had more money!
How could Wu Heyan know the vicious thoughts in his heart at this moment? He sighed: The imperial army we faced in the past was all weak, so naturally he felt that the rumors about the imperial army being invincible were all exaggerated and failed to realize. It seems that the elite in the imperial army is indeed daunting. Just such a temporary team gathered together made our army in a mess! Alas! Xia Kingdom... Xia Kingdom!
Jiang Hanqing was wondering in his heart why this old man was so moved today, but he heard Wu Heyan suddenly say in shock: This Yanyun Mountain Pass has never lost to any enemy since the founding of the Qiute tribe. If it is ruined in my hands today, what kind of face will I have to go back to see my Chinese! Young Master Jiang, I have decided to fight to the death here and swear to live and die with Yanyun Mountain Pass! If the enemy is really captured by Yanyun Mountain Pass today, I hope you will lead the remaining troops to retreat eastward to fight again! As for me, you don’t have to worry about it anymore!
When Jiang Hanqing heard what he said, he felt respect for the barbarian general for the first time and said in awe: Victory and defeat are common in military affairs! Why do generals do this?
Wu Heyan said miserably: I have decided, the young master doesn’t have to say much!
Jiang Hanqing was waiting to persuade him again, but he heard the sound of drums at the foot of the mountain and the offensive of the imperial army began again.
Today, the imperial army was sure to win. Li Jixing's commanding flag was moved out of the camp for the first time since the war started, and was established in the array of siege troops, showing that he was personally visiting the front of the enemy today!
Inspired by this, the offensive of the Imperial Army today was the most violent since the war began.
After the three-way drum, the attacking imperial army rushed up from the bottom of the mountain.
The rocket Hulala shot towards Qiu Te's camp and burned on the wooden wall.
Although Qiu Teren had long laid a wet fire-proof cow felt on the wooden walls
But the rockets were too dense and even the buffalo felt was ignited
While Qiute soldiers were busy putting out the fire, tens of thousands of imperial infantry rushed forward
For a moment, the two armies were bows, arrows, and the sound of killing was shocked.
The soldiers of Qiu Te, who had been struggling for three days, quickly showed signs of fatigue under the impact of the Imperial Army.
Several Muzhai were climbed up by imperial soldiers and almost defeated
Fortunately, Wu Heyan sent a reserve force to launch a counterattack in time, and he rescued the danger of destruction.
The first round of offensive of the Imperial Army lasted for two hours until almost noon. What was left was a piece of land stained with blood and the village walls, as well as countless corpses. Not long ago, they were still alive people.
When the Imperial Army retreated, almost all the Qiutes collapsed to the ground powerlessly. Almost each of them tried their best. If the Imperial Army attacked again at this time, they might be able to take down Yanyun Mountain Pass without any effort. Fortunately, the Imperial Army is also a human being. After working for a long time, they also need to eat and rest, and they are unable to quickly organize a new round of offensive.
Wu Heyan and Jiang Hanqing inspected the situation of each camp separately. When they finally got together, their faces were very serious.
They all knew in their hearts that it seemed that they could not survive today
Wu Heyan has no longer had any hope for the battle situation at Yanyun Mountain Pass.
He immediately ordered all the wounded people who could be transferred to the rear, and all the materials that could be moved were transported away immediately. At the same time, he ordered the entire army to count the number of people and prepare lunch and retreat the remaining troops after retreating.
During lunch, Wu Heyan gathered his personal guards together
At that time, the five thousand guards were short of troops in recent days and were used as reserves to enter the most tight place on the front line, so the losses were extremely heavy. At this moment, there were less than a thousand people who could stand in front of Uheyan.
Standing on the stage, Wu Heyan saw these soldiers who had followed him for many years, and at this moment, they were covered in dirt and covered in blood. She felt excited and two tears burst out from her eyes.
He cleared his dry throat and said in a hoarse voice: Brothers! You are all old brothers who have followed me for many years! You have been following me for so many years, and of course you have suffered a lot! Let me tell you the truth today, Yanyun Mountain Pass can no longer be guarded!
The guards below began to get a little turmoil, but it soon calmed down. Everyone stared at their coach with firm eyes.
Wu Heyan felt his subordinates’ trust in him, and he burst into tears when he spoke.
This afternoon, we will deal with the army of the barbarians of Xia Kingdom, and we will retreat! But I won’t leave, I will live and die with Yanyun Mountain!
There was a riot in the audience
Madam, you can't do this!
Marshal, we can't live without you!
Dashu, we will not leave you behind! We want to be with you! ...
Wu Heyan burst into tears and gave in to the soldiers who sincerely supported him.
Brothers, don’t worry about me, this old man! I can’t leave! If I leave, what kind of face will I have to meet the Chinese people!…
His words were immediately covered up by louder noises
All the personal guards asked to be with him and stay here to fight with the enemy to the end until the last soldier
Looking at these loyal subordinates, Wu Heyan was so excited that she trembled all over and couldn't say anything.
Bai Yingjue looked around and burst into tears, leaning against Jiang Hanqing's arms and sobbing in a low voice.
Jiang Hanqing hugged her shoulders and said in a deep voice: This old Wu is really worthy of respect! Alas! If a general can be like him, and there are a large group of loyal subordinates who are willing to live and die together, it can be considered dead without regrets!
In the end, Wu Heyan still couldn't convince his guards to withdraw, so he had to agree to stay and fight to the death with him.
After lunch, the results of the entire army counting the number of people came up
Now the remaining troops in the camps at Yanyun Mountain Pass are 38,000
Three and a half days of bloody battle caused more than 110,000 casualties in Qiute's army.
Wu Heyan immediately ordered the entire army to reorganize the troops, and before the Xia army launched another offensive, Jiang Hanqing led the retreat, and at the same time asked the army to ignite all camps and delay the pursuit of the Xia army with fire.
He himself led 8,000 volunteer soldiers to retreat into Yanyun Mountain Pass, relying on the narrow mountain road to fight against the attacking Xia army, hoping that this could delay the progress of Xia army as much as possible and gain more time for future battles
When Jiang Hanqing led the remaining 30,000 Qiute troops to retreat to the Qiute Plateau to the east, the camp behind him had already risen with flames soaring into the sky.
He turned around and saw Wu Heyan's old figure appearing on a huge rock on the top of the mountain, waving to him frequently
Jiang Hanqing was already full of respect for this old man who would rather die than retreat.
Knowing that this would be the last time he saw Wu Heyan, Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but raise his hand and waved it to him, and said: Goodbye, respectable old man!
Without any delay, Jiang Hanqing turned his head and squeezed the horse's belly hard
The war horse neighed and galloped east along the gradually widening road
An old barbarian man died, but he is still young and there are still many things waiting for him to do in the future!
Seeing the raging fires rising in almost all the Qiute camps on the mountain, the imperial army, who was preparing to launch a new round of offensive at the foot of the mountain, cheered. Who else could not understand the fact that Qiute finally couldn't resist and began to retreat!
The fire burned until the next morning before it was extinguished. The imperial army then crossed the mountain pass with the smoke ashes and marched towards the east of the Qiute Kingdom.
On November 17, the imperial army broke through Yanyun Mountainkou in the fifth year of Zhenzhi in Taiping.
When the first imperial army slowly passed through the mountain pass, the soldiers watching from the rear were filled with joy!
They made history!
This army became the first foreign army in history to break through Yanyun Mountain Pass and enter Qiu Teguo's land.
In the short three and a half days of bloody battle at Yanyun Mountain, the Imperial Army killed and injured 150,000 people, of which nearly 60,000 were elite cavalry of the "Black Hawk Legion". Including Qiu Te's 110,000, the combined losses of the two sides were nearly 300,000.
This battle, which was later called the Bloody Battle of Yanyun, made Yanyun Mountain Pass be regarded as synonymous with the Gate of Hell for a long time later
Stepping across the mountain pass into the narrow mountain road of Yanyun Mountain, they were hit by a blow before the excitement of the imperial army disappeared.
The eight thousand Qiute soldiers led by Uheyan hid on the steep mountain and let go of the vanguard of the Empire who was fully alert and opened the way.
Seeing that the vanguard troops in front had passed smoothly, the main force of the Imperial Army walking behind quickly relaxed its vigilance. They believed that if there were enemies here, the vanguard troops would naturally encounter them. Now there was no danger in the vanguard troops, and Qiu Teren must have all withdrawn.
Under this idea, the Imperial Army's alertness was much relaxed a lot
They arranged in dense marching formations and walked into the narrow mountain road with great swagger. The tiger, who was completely unaware of the evil, was staring at them with wide mouths.
When the infantry team of the Imperial Army was halfway through, the Qiute people launched an attack. They relied on the steep mountains to attack these Imperial Army, who were walking in the mountain road but were wary of nothing.
In the narrow mountain road, the imperial soldiers arranged in dense marching shapes were unable to spread their troops at all.
They were crowded on the mountain road, unable to even use weapons, and they became the target of the Renqiu Te people's massacre
For a moment, the mountain road was filled with the wailing sounds of imperial soldiers before their death
This sudden blow almost completely collapsed the unprepared imperial army.
Some soldiers have lost their courage and trampled on each other and fled.
However, the calmness and decisiveness of the Imperial officers present saved them. Several officers promptly drew their swords and killed the soldiers who dared to escape and cause chaos, and forced others to turn around and fight against the enemy like a man
Inspired by the commander, the war-torn imperial soldiers quickly recovered from the initial chaos.
They began to organize some decent resistance
Soon they discovered that there were only a few thousand of these Qiu Te people who attacked them, and they were already exhausted. At this time, they began to launch a large-scale counterattack with confidence.
The dense imperial soldiers rushed towards the Qiu Te people who had attacked. When the imperial army that had passed was alarmed, they turned around to assist the comrades in the rear to attack the troops led by Uheyan.
Uheyan and his men had already put their lives and deaths apart. Faced with the siege of the imperial army, they resisted bravely without fear.
Uheyan and his several personal guards were surrounded by a group of imperial soldiers in the center. They formed a circle back to back to kill every imperial soldier who dared to rush up.
The bodies of dozens of imperial soldiers were lying densely around their bodies.
The Imperial soldiers could have shot them to death, but some of them had already judged from Uheyan's costume that he was a Qiute general, so their commander decided to capture Uheyan alive.
Under the supervision of the superior, the imperial soldiers kept coming over.
One is cut down, two people will be made up immediately
Wu Heyan and his personal guards gradually couldn't stand it anymore. Their physical strength was so weak that they could not swing the knife.
Soon, the only two remaining guards around Uheyan also fell to the ground, and now he is the only one left.
Looking at the countless imperial soldiers around him shouting and cheering, Wu Heyan knew that if this continued, he would inevitably be captured by the enemy. This was a shame that he could not bear.
He sneered and lifted the knife, and strangled his neck fiercely amid the screams of the imperial soldiers.
Blood gushed out of his neck, and he lay down on the mountain with his eyes wide open
Around him were the corpses of countless imperial soldiers, surrounding him, forming a circular corpse circle.
The soldiers of the Empire quietly surrounded his body, for a long time, for a long time!
This ambush on the mountain road, coupled with the subsequent work of cleaning up the battlefield and burying the bodies, delayed the journey of the Imperial Army for a whole day.
More than 10,000 people were added to the list of casualties of the Imperial Army.
That night, Li Jixing delivered the 800-mile credit to Yong'an Prefecture, the capital city, to the 800-mile expedition.
There is a passage above: Our army of the Celestial Empire, and the soldiers used their lives. After a hard battle in Su Ye, they stepped on Yan Yuntian and killed more than 120,000 barbarian soldiers, killed the enemy chief Wu Heyan, and declared the power of our Celestial Empire in foreign lands!
When Li Jixing's army was busy dealing with Wu Heyan's sneak attack, the remaining Qiu Te soldiers led by Jiang Hanqing had already rushed out of the Yanyun Mountains and ran east for more than a hundred miles to reach the vast Qiu Te Plateau.
The Qiute Plateau is a flat and vast plain, and it is also the birthplace of the Qiute people. On this plain, most of the Qiute people live.
The entire plain is more than 900 miles wide from east to west and about 600 miles wide from north to south.
The east reaches the border of East Lu, the south connects to the territory of Nanyue, and the west connects to the Yanyun Mountains
To the north of it are high mountains and ridges, and the cold climate is no man's land, only the nomadic special service personnel from more distant places in the north occasionally appear there
At the junction of the east and east of the Qiute Plateau, a dangerous mountain, the Sunrise Mountains are steep and almost impossible to climb.
The Sun Rising Mountains extend southward until they are about to enter the South Vietnamese Kingdom.
The location connected to the South Vietnamese Kingdom is similar to the Yanyun Mountain Pass. The location of the South Vietnamese Kingdom is much lower than that of the Qiute Plateau.
In this way, Qiu Te is also a high-ranking attitude towards Nanyue. If you rush down, you will be flat.
This unique geographical advantage makes the entire Qiute Plateau easy to defend but difficult to attack
It is with this geographical advantage that the Qiute people have been able to survive and develop strongly in an environment surrounded by strong enemies for thousands of years.
However, at this time, the situation was unprecedentedly severe for Qiu Teren. Yanyun Mountain, a natural dangerous place in the west, which had never been broken by the Yanhuang clan, had been broken through by the imperial army at this time.
When the imperial army rushed out of Yanyun Mountain and stepped onto the flat Qiute Plateau, Qiute people had almost no other way except to fight head-on with the imperial army.
What's even more terrible is that the main army of Qiu Te people, led by Han Yuexue, went to fight against the coalition forces of Eastern Lu and South Vietnam, but has no news yet
Even if they are really willing to confront the Imperial Army head-on, they can't get enough troops together.
After descending from the Yanyun Mountains, you have to cross a huge depression and then pass through a narrow mountain pass to officially enter the Qiute Plateau
The Qiu Te army led by Jiang Hanqing stopped at this recess in front of Liumapo.
While the soldiers were resting, Jiang Hanqing led a small team of cavalry to the pass of Liumapo and carefully observed the surrounding terrain.
He rode on the war horse and looked around. The vast Qiute Plateau in the east seemed dead and desolate in this cold season.
The gray soil is exposed to the air, and there are almost no living things on it except for the occasional yellow straw that can be seen.
It seems that Jiang Hanqing is a little disdainful of the desolate land in front of him. A soldier next to him was unwilling to let Jiang Hanqing underestimate this land that raised him and grew up. He explained on the side: Winter is coming, so the grass has withered. If it is in spring and summer, you will see the beautiful scene of the lush grass covering the entire Great Plain. At that time, there were running horses, sheep, and cows everywhere in these places.
Jiang Hanqing nodded, not commenting
In fact, these things are not what he cares about in his heart
What he is really interested in is whether he can find a terrain suitable for hidden troops to launch a sneak attack.
He knew that in order to survive the pursuit of the Imperial Army, he had to seize every opportunity to give the Imperial Army the greatest blow as possible
In the current situation of enemy and us, everything is only hopeful to launch an unexpected sneak attack
But once you go east and enter the vast Qiute Plateau ahead, nothing can escape, so where can you find a place for 30,000 people to hide?
Jiang Hanqing secretly cursed the damn plain terrain in front of him with extremely vicious words in his heart, and the same hateful and uninformed Han Yuexue
Looking back at the 30,000 Qiute soldiers who were resting in the depression behind them, they all hung their heads and were listless, and they were completely inferior to their original arrogance.
After all, I just lost the battle, no one can get excited
Jiang Hanqing naturally understood that what he needed most now was to use a victory to boost the morale of the soldiers.
But in the current situation, self-protection is still difficult, so it is not easy to win a battle!
Sighing, Jiang Hanqing said to Chen Bin who was following him: From this horse slope, we will enter the Qiute Plateau eastward. Unless we have enough military strength to support it, we will have no way to resist the impact of the imperial army! It seems that we can only escape into the Qiute Plateau and hide in Tibet first.
Chen Bin shook his head and said: It's Ah! With our current military strength, how is the opponent of the imperial army Ah! Alas! I don't know what Queen Qiu Te did. She brought so many people to fight those two small countries, but there was no news at all.
Jiang Hanqing shook his head in a heavy mood, turned his horse's head and waited to return to the garrison in the depression below.
While walking down the mountain, Jiang Hanqing looked at the narrow concave in front of him and suddenly had an idea and said to Chen Bin: Look, what would happen if he fought a war with the Imperial Army at this mountain pass?
Chen Bin was stunned for a moment, carefully looked at the surrounding terrain, and suddenly shouted: Young Master, Gao Ah! Let's resist the Imperial Army in this leverpool, and I believe that it can delay the Imperial Army's offensive!
Lin Fengxian was puzzled: Brother Qing, how could we use our 30,000 troops to block the attack of the imperial army at this small Liumapo mountain pass? Wouldn't that be used to strike a stone with an egg?
Jiang Hanqing obviously didn't care, shook his head and said with a smile: Fengxian, please observe the terrain carefully! I'll give you some tips first. The key is not the small entrance of Liumapo, but the concave ground at the foot of the mountain.
After hearing this, Lin Fengxian quickly observed the huge depression in front of Liumapo Pass, but after looking at it, he still couldn't see what the big depression at the junction of the mountain and the plain could make.
When Lin Fengxian scratched his head and thought hard, Jiang Hanqing shook his head secretly, thinking: Although Fengxian is smart, he is still too young after all! His talent in using troops and formations is still lacking! It seems that he will be trained more in the future.
After patting Lin Fengxian on the shoulder, Jiang Hanqing said: Fengxian, can’t think of it? It doesn’t matter, let Chen Bin explain it to you!
Lin Fengxian blushed, nodded, and quickly turned his gaze to Chen Bin
Seeing this, Chen Bin hurriedly said: I am just guessing the young master’s idea, but it may not be correct!
Jiang Hanqing smiled and signaled him but said it was okay
Chen Bin then cleared his throat and pointed to the surrounding terrain to analyze it for Lin Fengxian.
Fengxian, look at the surrounding terrain. The entire recess here is a wide area, with a wide terrain in the west and narrow east. Its western direct Yanyun Mountains is smooth and open, and can accommodate a large number of troops entering the recess from the west.
Lin Fengxian nodded and said: It's Ah! I've seen this too!
Chen Bin continued: But look at the east side of this depression, it shrinks rapidly into a very narrow mountain road at the point where it connects to Liumapo. It directly leads to Liumapo Pass. Here, as long as the army's scale increases slightly, its formation will definitely not be fully expanded. If the army wants to pass through Liumapo from here, it can only invest a small number of troops every time to pass through it in sequence. In addition, on both sides of this narrow mountain road, the height of the steep hill slope close to 90 degrees connected to the Yanyun Mountain range. Although it is not very large, it is completely enough to prevent the cavalry from fighting. This also makes the attempt of the cavalry rushing down from Yanyun Mountain after climbing the mountains from both sides to Liumapo. It can only be a forceful killing from the mountain road.
After saying this, Lin Fengxian finally realized: I understand! In other words, if we choose to fight against the Imperial Army at this mountain pass, the large groups of troops of the Imperial Army will be unable to spread their superior forces because of the narrow mountain road east of the depression, and can only crowd in this narrow place to fight against us. In this way, we will not be afraid of the Imperial Army's military's military's military's military's military's military's advantage and have the opportunity to win! Is that true?
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: Although the Imperial Army is too strong, we cannot achieve absolute victory, but we only need to delay their progress slightly, and the situation will become more beneficial to us. At least it can encourage our own morale.
After a pause, Jiang Hanqing continued: However, we must fight this battle cleanly and neatly, and immediately get rid of the enemy and quickly withdraw. Even if we defeat the enemy, we cannot be greedy for merit and love the battle. Note that we only have 30,000 people. Once we are entangled by the imperial army, their number advantage will be exerted. Even if we do not attack them all, we will be beaten to death by using wheel battles!
Everyone knew that this was true and nodded repeatedly
Pointing to the surrounding terrain, Jiang Hanqing said:After the imperial army broke through Yanyun Mountain Pass, it must be the morale that was high. We sent an army to lure the opponent to this depression, and placed the main force at the Liumapo entrance at the back end of this narrow mountain road to the enemy. When the enemy saw that the enemy was blocking the road, the force was not too strong, so we would definitely want to launch an offensive in one go. They had no idea about the terrain. In the tenth, they would enter this narrow mountain road. At that time, we would have an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. In addition, we sent two troops around the Liumapo entrance, climbed up from the steep mountains on both sides, and raided on it with bows and arrows on it. Once the enemy was lured into this narrow mountain road, it would be crowded and it would be difficult to unfold its formation to exert its numerical advantage. At that time, our army was waiting for the effort and fought with all its strength. In addition, with the bows and arrows on the mountains on both sides, we would definitely be able to defeat the strong enemy here.
After a group of people happily discussed, they immediately began to prepare according to the plan.
Jiang Longxiáng and Li Kebiao led two thousand archers through the Liumapo Pass respectively, climbed from the relatively flat east hillside to the tops of the mountain pass, and lie there waiting for the enemy.
Jiang Wuxiong was responsible for leading 5,000 cavalrymen to station near the mountain road exit of Yanyun Mountain, preparing to lure the enemy into the bait
Jiang Hanqing and Chen Bin led the remaining 20,000 Qiu Te cavalry to camp at the Liumapo Pass and its east side.
The soldiers of Qiu Te are indeed worthy of their reputation as bravery. Although they were defeated by the fact that they looked dejected before, they knew that the number of enemy soldiers was ten times higher than that of themselves. However, once they heard that they were going to fight the enemy here, they were not cowardly, but they quickly cheered up from the confusion and depression after the last failure and began to prepare for the subsequent battle with all their hearts.
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but admire the fearless spirit of war expressed by these Qiu Te people, and deeply sighed that Qiu Te people are really a warlike race.
Two days later, November 19th, afternoon, sunny day
This day is a rare good weather in winter. The bright sunshine shines on people, sweeping away the cold air a few days ago, and everyone is excited by it.
After destroying the sneak attack from Qiu Te's troops led by Uheyan, the imperial army, who had been traveling in the mountains for more than a day, finally walked out of Yanyun Mountain.
The five thousand Qiu Te cavalry led by Jiang Wuxiong were welcomed by the imperial army at the end of Yanyun Mountain Road.
The Qiu Te cavalry, who had been waiting for two days, finally saw the target that he had been waiting for for a long time, were all extremely excited.
They did not wait for the empire's vanguard troops to figure out the surrounding situation and launched a rapid attack on it in time.
Almost all the Qiute cavalrymen were very angry when they gave up the defeat two days ago. At this time, they seemed to vent all their depression. They shouted wildly and rushed towards the imperial cavalry that had just appeared at the intersection of the mountain road, making these imperial cavalry who had become very arrogant due to victory immediately panic and chaos.
After days of hard fighting and not having a good rest, the Imperial Army was already trapped in people and horses. Under the impact of the Qiute cavalry who had been in accumulating strength for two days, their vanguard troops were soon defeated.
Jiang Wuxiong led his men to chase the fleeing imperial soldiers in a pretentious manner
Shortly after chasing Yanyun Mountain, they saw a brigade of imperial cavalry who heard the troops in front were attacked and rushed to reinforce.
According to Jiang Hanqing's instructions, before he could get involved, Jiang Wuxiong ordered his men to turn around and retreat immediately
So a group of cavalry pretended to be panic and turned their horses to escape from the road.
The Imperial Army will naturally not take them seriously for this enemy army with only a few thousand people.
The leading officer also completely ignored the danger of being in a vain, and boldly led his subordinates to chase him from behind, trying to eat this group of Qiu Te's barbarians who were overestimating their power and took the initiative to touch the tiger's beard.
Jiang Wuxiong carefully pulled the noses of the imperial cavalry, always keeping a close distance from them in front
Under his temptation, the Imperial Cavalry completely lost their guard and just wanted to catch up earlier and solve the beautiful meat that was sent to his mouth.
After escaping and chasing, both sides quickly ran out of Yanyun Mountain Road and entered the battlefield carefully selected by Jiang Hanqing two days ago.
The soldiers sent by Jiang Wuxiong to report the news that the Imperial Army arrived early.
Jiang Hanqing, who received the news, immediately ordered the entire army to set up a formation at the Liumapo Pass, and notified Jiang Longxi and Li Kebiao, who were ambushing the tops of the mountains on both sides, to be prepared to fight at any time.
By the time the imperial army came here with Jiang Wuxiong's troops, Jiang Hanqing's army had been neatly arranged at the entrance of Liumapo Mountain.
The imperial soldiers who were chasing Jiang Wuxiong suddenly saw a large group of Qiu Te cavalry who were ready to go in front of him. They were shocked and tied the reins of the war horses, trying to stop the mount that was still galloping forward under their crotch.
Because he rushed too fast before, several war horses couldn't stop their momentum
With a long neigh, the war horseman stood up and threw the cavalry above him out.
The cavalry behind who had not seen clearly the situation ahead were still running forward, hitting their companions who had stopped in front immediately, making them overwhelmed and in chaos for a moment.
When the imperial army was trampling on each other, Jiang Wuxiong had already led his cavalry to turn around and kill him, and Jiang Hanqing also sent 10,000 cavalry to rush forward to give him powerful reinforcements.
Before the imperial cavalry in front could organize a decent resistance, they were killed by Qiu Te cavalry like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The Cavalry of Qiute shouted to divide the vanguard of the Imperial Cavalry into several pieces, surround and destroy them.
Jiang Hanqing stood at the mountain pass, nervously observing the battle in the depression
Although his army was still taking the initiative at this moment, he did not dare to be careless at all. He could even be sure that the Imperial Army would soon reverse the unfavorable situation.
The place where both sides were fighting fiercely is located in the middle of this huge depression, where the terrain is still relatively wide, enough for the imperial cavalry to launch an attack formation.
Jiang Hanqing knew in his heart that once the imperial army recovered, they set up their formation and began to fight back. With the advantage of numbers, they could easily defeat the 15,000 cavalry that they were now engaged in the battle.
As if in order to prove that Jiang Hanqing's judgment was not wrong, the situation on the battlefield changed quickly.
When the vanguard of the Imperial Army was about to be completely defeated by the raid of the Qiute cavalry, the general who led the vanguard army played a key role
This guy was a general of the Black Hawk Legion. Seeing that the soldiers around him gave up resisting and fled, he still had no intention of giving up and continued to struggle hard.
After killing several soldiers who tried to escape, the situation was finally controlled by him
While ordering the soldiers around him to resist the Qiute offensive on the spot, he sent people to report back and request reinforcements.
Inspired by him, the cavalry of the Imperial Army gradually came back from the initial panic and began to form a team to face the attacking Qiu Teren.
The imperial reinforcements from the rear also arrived quickly and immediately entered the battle
Soon the imperial army's numerical advantage came into effect, and the Qiute's offensive was slowly curbed.
Seeing that the Imperial Army gradually gained its foothold, Jiang Hanqing knew that it would be too late to withdraw his troops. He immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
Hearing the signal of withdrawal, Jiang Wuxiong and his men naturally did not dare to neglect them, and immediately turned their heads and ran towards their own formation.
Seeing Qiu Te's sudden retreat, most of the imperial cavalry did not dare to pursue him, but began to set up formations under the command of their own officers, preparing to face a larger-scale battle behind.
A small number of imperial soldiers also tried to pursue the retreating enemy troops, but the arrows shot by the Qiute cavalry lined up at the Liumapo Pass immediately pulled them down, and prompted them to give up this unwise idea.
The cavalry led by Jiang Wuxiong successfully returned to his formation
It was an hour and a half since they first encountered the enemy
In the depression at the foot of the mountain, the imperial army had begun to gather in large numbers, and behind them there were a large number of troops continuously driving out of the Yanyun Mountain Pass and entering this vast depression
Looking at the densely packed imperial soldiers at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Hanqing turned to Chen Bin and said: This battle must be won later, otherwise we will be over! Hehe! He was originally planning to come here to harm the emperor, but maybe it will turn into digging his own grave!
Chen Bin frowned and said: Young Master, even if we win this battle today, I think it will not have much impact on the strength of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. How should we go in the future? Alas! The key is that Queen Qiu Te, I don’t know what she is doing, and there is no news yet!
Jiang Hanqing shook his head and said with a pale face: It's Ah! The current situation is like this, the key is her problem! She will never take 300,000 people to deal with two weak countries and have to defeat the war, right? What else can I do in the future? After fighting this battle today, boost the morale of the army, and delay Li Jixing's progress. Then we quickly slip eastward to find the Han Yuexue army.
What if she really defeated?
Bai Yingjue couldn't help but interrupt,
Jiang Hanqing reached out and patted her ass hard, and said viciously: You are a big bad guy! You won’t say a word! If she is really defeated, I will immediately take Chen Bin and the others to quietly take a detour back home and throw you, a slut here to sleep with those rude soldiers!
Seeing that Jiang Hanqing was not angry, Bai Yingjue didn't dare to say anything more, so he immediately shut his mouth obediently.
Chen Bin looked up at the sky and said: In another hour, the sun is not going to set. If Li Jixing is not in a hurry to advance, be cautious and should withdraw his troops at this time. If he doesn't take this seriously, Qiu Te's army may launch an offensive before dark!
Jiang Hanqing observed the situation in the imperial army for a while, shook his head and said: Look at this! Li Jixing still doesn't want to be blocked by us for a night! Look, he did not send someone to camp immediately, but asked a large group of cavalry to line up in front. I think even if he didn't attack with all his might, he would at least tentatively attack before dark, and see how our strength could be done. If we could kill us in one go, we would plan to camp.
Chen Bin sighed and said: The difference in strength is too great for him, just a test for us, but it is also a fatal thing!
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: It's Ah! It's really a headache! But... we will have a great chance of winning in this battle later, at least we won't be defeated by them! As long as we grit our teeth and hold on to the opponent's first attack, his offensive will be slightly frustrated, then the sky will not be too far away, and the old man Li Jixing, who saw that we are not showing any weakness, would definitely not dare to take the risk of night battles, and would immediately withdraw our troops and camp! Then we will quickly retreat in the night! As for the future matters...
Everyone was silent, only the mountain wind blew the biting cold
Jiang Hanqing lamented in his heart, originally hoping to use Qiu Teren's power to attack the emperor's old man as much as possible.
Now, I was tied to the death chariot by Qiu Teren.
After thinking about it, the dangers in the past few days were all caused by the insignificance of Queen Qiu Te.
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but greet Han Yuexue's body organs in extremely obscene words again in his heart.
It was almost evening when the imperial army at the foot of the mountain finally sounded the horn of the attack.
The attacking troops have been lined up, but they are just waiting for the war drum to sound.
A distance behind them was the main force of the Imperial Army, and Li Jixing's handsome flag was flying high above them
From the deployment of dividing the troops into two parts, Jiang Hanqing can be sure that this attack was just a tentative attack.
If the attack goes smoothly, Li Jixing will quickly put all the troops in the rear and strive to defeat the enemy in front of him in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, the battle will end quickly and fight again tomorrow
Jiang Hanqing roughly estimated the number of the Imperial Army that was put into battle. Although it was a tentative attack, he still invested about 100,000 troops, three times his entire strength.
He couldn't help but secretly glad in his heart that the battlefield terrain conditions he chose were very beneficial to him, so that the other party could not press all his troops towards him from the beginning, otherwise he would have dispersed his people just by rushing.
Under the slanting sunlight, the armor and weapons worn by the imperial army reflected a strong light, a shiny area, with a powerful aura.
Facing the West, Qiu Te Ren was already dull by the sunlight, and then he looked at the Imperial Army and felt quite dazzling.
With the sound of the dongdong war drum, the cavalry of the imperial army began to move towards this side
The 40,000 people rushing to the front were all black helmets and black armor. Obviously, the Black Hawk Army was the leader.
At the beginning, the Imperial Army's war horses were still very slow, just walking around. Apart from the sound of armor rubbing, there was almost no sound of horse hooves in the military formation.
Gradually the clanging sound of the armor rubbing, the dull horse hooves were pressed over
The horses are moving faster and faster, and most of them are already trotting
The ground starts to vibrate slightly
There was silence in Qiu Te's army, and all the cavalry looked at the Xia army slowly pressing towards him with a serious expression.
The horses under the cavalry seemed to feel the solemn atmosphere of the war coming, sniffing uneasy and kicking
Occasionally, a few war horses neighed
Jiang Hanqing gently shouted in his heart: Come on! Come on! Black Hawk Legion, this Liumapo will become your grave!
As the imperial army began to slowly enter the narrow mountain road that gradually contracted, the people began to squeeze together, and their formation was slightly confused.
But they continued to move forward
The width of the front is getting narrower and narrower, and the front end of the imperial army is becoming more and more sharp and crowded
However, looking at the little Qiu Te cavalry in front of him, the imperial soldiers walking in front of him obviously felt that their power was much stronger, so they were not afraid at all and continued to move forward
They did not realize that the forces in front of them had become so thin due to the terrain compression.
Qiu Teren patiently waited for the arrival of the enemy
The place where they set up the formation was carefully selected by Jiang Hanqing
If you walk along the mountain road from west to east, two miles ahead of them, the narrow mountain road that has been shrinking in the middle has begun to gradually expand outward and then
It was even more enlightened when they were less than a mile away.
Looking at where they were, the mountain road ahead was like a valley. They were at the exit of the valley, waiting to attack the enemies that came out of the valley
The terrain here is so wider than the mountain road in front, so it is naturally much more convenient for Qiu Teren to move.
The most important thing is that Jiang Hanqing has already thought about it. When the imperial army vanguard just came out of that narrow mountain road, he could order the entire army to assault.
At that time, the imperial army had not had time to fully unfold, so they could only fight against the fierce attack of Qiute's army with an unfavorable fan-shaped formation.
In this way, Qiu Te can rush up from the open place, give full play to its military resources, and form a siege against the imperial army vanguards protruding from the mountain road.
After struggling to move forward for a long time, when the Qiutes were still two miles away, the cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion were suddenly surprised to find that the mountain road had begun to widen.
The imperial cavalry secretly thanked that God opened his eyes and gave themselves a more favorable terrain when they were about to fight.
Before the officers could give the order, they unconsciously accelerated their advancement and wanted to unfold their formation as much as possible.
The imperial army behind did not know what was ahead, but saw that the troops in front suddenly accelerated, and were afraid that the distance would widen, so they also accelerated.
Standing in the depression far behind, Li Jixing didn't know the subtle changes in the terrain ahead.
He was worried that the troops would not be able to complete the battle before dark
At this moment, I suddenly saw the action of the cavalry troops participating in the attack suddenly quickly. I couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that the terrain was beneficial to my squadron of cavalry, so the officers in front were ready to formally fight with Qiu Te barbarians.
Li Jixing, who was eager to end the battle before dark, did not think much, and immediately ordered from a distance: Beat the drum! The whole army assaulted!
Hearing the sudden rapid war drum behind him, the imperial cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion shouted and urged the war horses under their feet to rush towards Qiu Teren.
For a moment, the mountains swayed and the sound of hooves shook the sky
Looking at the fierce imperial soldiers who rushed towards him from the mountain road, Qiu Teren was expressionless.
For warriors who have been through the battlefield for a long time, they may also feel a little nervous before the battle begins. When the war begins, there will be nothing left.
Jiang Hanqing raised his right hand and Chen Bin shouted quickly: Get ready for bows and arrows!
More than ten commanders rushed to the front of the team, ran from the middle to both sides, and repeated Chen Bin's orders over and over again so that all Qiu Te people could hear it.
Hearing the order, Qiu Teren immediately raised the powerful bow in his hand, bent his bow and arrow, aiming at the imperial cavalry rushing over.
The first Black Hawk Legion cavalry rushed out of the narrow mountain road
The sudden appearance of such cheerful terrain in front of them surprised them, and the rapid offensive immediately stopped. The person who was still shouting loudly just now was silent.
After a moment of silence, the officer who was still the leader responded first and shouted loudly: Brothers, the enemy is ahead! Fight Ah!
Inspired by the commander, the other soldiers also shouted: Kill Ah!
At the same time, he urgently urged the war horse under his feet and killed Qiu Teren without fear.
Hearing the sound of killing in front of him, the people behind him naturally knew that the two armies had finally met, and they shouted.
The shouts of killing soar into the sky
Jiang Hanqing calmly looked at the cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion who was screaming and rushing towards his formation.
One thousand steps, nine hundred steps, eight hundred steps...five hundred steps, four hundred steps!
When the cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion was only four hundred steps away from Qiu Teren, Jiang Hanqing smashed his hand down heavily and shouted: Shoot the arrow!
The war drum behind him immediately made a deafening sound.
Qiu Te's bow and arrow sprinkled at the enemy rushing in front of him
Ah!…ah!…Oh!
The screams of pain after being shot into the arrow are heard
Jiang Hanqing ordered again: Order the ambush to shoot arrows!
As Qiu Teren's horn sounded, Jiang Longxiong, who was ambushing on the steep hillsides on both sides, and the archers led by Li Kebiao suddenly emerged.
A ruthless rain of arrows poured into the imperial cavalry crowded in the narrow mountain path
At this time, at the exit of the mountain road, the bodies of the imperial cavalry were already piled up all over the ground
The imperial cavalry protruded from the narrow mountain road, facing the Qiute army, whose formation was unfolding into a front line, had no choice but to rush forward blindly
The soldiers of Qiu Tejun aimed calmly, then took advantage of their appearance, and concentrated on shooting at the exit of the middle mountain road, causing heavy casualties to the imperial cavalry
The front could not be reached, and archers were ambushed by the tops of the mountains on both sides, and the imperial cavalry crowded in the narrow mountain road was in panic.
There are crowds of people, and horses are attached to horses. You can't advance or retreat, and you can't even retreat. Even turning around is a problem, and you have become a living target for archers on the top of the mountain!
Jiang Longxiáng and Li Kebiao ordered their soldiers to first choose the officer-like person to start.
A large number of imperial officers were shot and killed in the mountain road
The soldiers without officer command were even more panicked
Someone shouted and wanted to rush forward, and went out from the mountain pass to fight with Qiu Teren.
Someone tried hard to turn his horse's head and fled back
The screams, screams, curses, and curses have replaced the previous brave shouts of killing, echoing desolately on the mountain road
In most places, people trampled on each other, and in some places, they even pulled out swords and killed their own people in order to escape.
Although Li Jixing, who was watching the battle in the rear, did not know the specific situation ahead, he also understood that due to his negligence, he was defeated in this battle today!
Sighing helplessly, the old man ordered heavily: Mingjin...draw the troops!
Hearing the signal of withdrawal, the imperial army in the mountain road was even more panicked. After a trampling of people, he finally turned around and retreated.
Jiang Hanqing also seized the opportunity to order the entire army to assault
The high-spirited Cavalry rushed into the mountain road and slashed the imperial cavalry at the tail of the hall frantically
The imperial cavalry, who had completely lost their organization, had no power to fight back, fell one by one under Qiu Te's horse's hooves.
Behind were the slashing of the Qiute cavalry and ambushed by the archers above. The completely desperate imperial army collapsed.
The phenomenon of trampling on each other finally spread to the entire army
Everyone rushed forward desperately, and they didn't care how many people they were stomping on under the horse's hooves.
When Qiu Teren chased the defeated army of the Empire and went halfway to the narrow mountain road, Jiang Hanqing was afraid that he would chase him and be attacked by Li Jixing, so he hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops.
When the sun completely disappeared behind Yanyun Mountain in the west, the dramatic battle finally ended
The Imperial Army paid a heavy price for its underestimation of the enemy
Their bodies were piled up like mountains at the entrance of Liumapo and in the mountain path leading to Liumapo.
The entire mountain road was stained red with blood, and it has not yet returned to its true colors many years later
In this battle, the Qiute people suffered almost no losses, but the imperial army paid a high price of 50,000 deaths, most of which were killed by the Qiute people's bows and arrows and their own horses' hooves.
Only a small number were killed by the Cavalry of the Chiut
Among the 50,000 people, all 40,000 soldiers of the Black Hawk Legion
In addition to the soldiers who died in battle, the Black Hawk Legion's 100,000 cavalry were wiped out after this battle.
This cavalry legion, which was once among the imperial army sequence, was destroyed in the war with the Qiute people and was removed from the list since then
Both sides understand that this battle at Yanyun Mountain Pass plays an important role in the development of the entire war situation. No matter how much the loss is, it will never retreat easily.
Most of the time Qiu Te Ren couldn't stand it. However, when the Imperial Army was slightly relaxed, he would suddenly go out and give the Imperial Army a sneak attack. Xiao Deshengguo quickly withdrew, which made the Imperial Army chasing behind him sigh at the rain of arrows.
Although the imperial army has a great advantage in terms of number of people, they have no way to deploy all their troops in front of the dangerous terrain of Yanyun Mountain and rely on the advantage of numbers to form a siege against Qiu Te people.
They could only honestly accept the fate of being blocked by Qiu Te Ren at the mountain pass and pestering one-on-one.
In addition, there is another very unfavorable factor for the Imperial Army: Since the entire mountain road from the camp of the Imperial Army to the Yanyun Pass where Qiu Teren was defending were all oblique mountain roads, the advanced heavy siege equipment of the Imperial Army could not be transported up the mountain. They could only rely on cloud ladders and the most primitive wall-climbing tactics to attack Qiu Teren. Otherwise, how could Qiu Teren's simple wooden village withstand the impact of these imperial troops who were good at siegeing cities?
For the Imperial Army, what is worthy of comfort is their number advantage
Although their more than 400,000 troops could not be fully deployed to the battlefield at once, they could be divided into four teams of 100,000 people to engage in a wheel battle against Qiu Teren.
Qiu Teren, who was understaffed, was much more painful in comparison. They could only rely on those teams to hold on to the end.
Because of this reason, as the Imperial Army continued to pounce day and night, Qiu Teren gradually felt a little overwhelmed.
There is no need to say that their soldiers have suffered a large number of casualties. Even soldiers who can continue to fight are becoming increasingly tired due to days of hard work.
The day after the first battle between the two armies, 50,000 Qiute soldiers newly recruited by Han Zhengtian arrived at Yanyun Mountain Pass, which to some extent made up for the shortcomings of Qiute's army's insufficient troops.
However, after two days of consumption, almost all of these people were lost
During the three-day hard battle, the number of imperial troops lying in front of Yanyun Mountain Pass was nearly 100,000, and Qiu Teren's losses were basically equivalent to that of him.
For Qiu Te Ren, there are only more than 50,000 soldiers in the war, and the situation is very critical
This day is November 16th
The night before, the imperial army's attack on Yanyun Mountain Pass lasted for most of the night and did not stop until Yin hour.
In the early morning, Wu Heyan and Jiang Hanqing stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the battlefield
Both of them were exhausted due to the hard battles for several days.
The two of them had been sleeping for less than two hours last night
Both of them looked so haggard: their hair was scattered, their beards were covered in temples, and their eyes were swollen.
Looking at the rising sun, U Heyan murmured: Another day has begun! Alas!... There is no news on Her Majesty the Queen! If today...
The tone is full of heavy and helpless
Jiang Hanqing, who was leaning over to observe the movements of the imperial army, turned to him and said: It's Ah! Today is the most critical day. If the Queen's army cannot appear today... I guess I can't defend it anymore!
Speaking of this, Jiang Hanqing lowered his voice because he was afraid that the people around him would hear it.
Wu Heyan turned to look at Jiang Hanqing, stared at him for a long time and suddenly laughed: We blocked the 400,000 Xia army at this Yanyun Mountain Pass for more than three days. Even if we lose Yanyun Mountain Pass today, I don’t think it’s too embarrassing, right? Don’t die with a dead face, just like I’m going to die in battle today!
Jiang Hanqing also smiled and said: Wu Shuai is indeed extraordinary, and he can still laugh at this moment! Haha! Admiration!... But to be honest, if you lose this mountain pass, I am afraid that the future situation will not be good for us!
Wu Heyan shook his head, let out a heavy breath, and suddenly said angrily: Damn... I don’t know what they are doing! I have been there for so many days, and there is no news at all!
Jiang Hanqing comforted: Her Majesty the Queen and the others must be very anxious, but what's the use of being anxious about the war? You can only wait patiently for their news.
Wu Heyan kicked a stone in front of him down the mountain and cursed: Wait patiently?... Isn't it still waiting! It's over today! Waiting? Fuck! If you keep going like this, when they come, you're still here to collect the corpse for you and me... Fucking the corpse... Isn't collecting the corpse... Isn't collecting the corpse... I'm going to die by myself!
Seeing his furious look, Jiang Hanqing shook his head with a wry smile. In fact, he didn't know what to say.
A cloak gently put on his shoulder from behind
Jiang Hanqing smiled and reached out to her back and hugged her, and a warm and fleshy body was pressed on his back.
Bai Yingjue's gentle voice rang behind her back: Even if I can't keep it today, I will protect you and leave safely.
Wu Heyan turned his head to look at Bai Yingjue when he heard the sound and said leisurely: Young Master, having such a good wife follows you to take care of her is really a rare blessing in the world!
Jiang Hanqing smiled slightly, reached out and patted Bai Yingjue's plump buttocks, and replied: I made Wu Shuai laugh!
Wu Heyan shook her head and looked at the sky and said: When Her Majesty the Queen decided to send troops to Xia Kingdom, Zhengtian's brother strongly opposed me and didn't agree with it at that time. Now I know... Alas! Her Majesty the Queen is wise and has never lost a battle for many years. This time she is bad. She is so proud and underestimated the enemy! Except for Zhengtian's brother, all the Qiu Te people did not really realize how terrible the Great Xia Kingdom is! We all feel that victory came so easily when the imperial borders raided, and even many times the Empire felt like it was a feeling of losing teeth and swallowing blood. Who knew that when the Empire really fought with an enemy with all its strength, its strength would be so terrifying!
Jiang Hanqing interrupted: You have never seen the strength of the "Yufeng Legion" and the "Flying Eagle Legion"! Compared with them, the "Black Eagle Legion" in front of you is like a refugee unit.
Wu Heyan said in a fascination: I don’t know when I will have the opportunity to see these two invincible and famous troops!
Jiang Hanqing sneered in his heart: Humph! Want to see it! When I ascend to the 95th year of my throne and destroy you barbarian bandits who offend my Celestial Kingdom, you can see the power of the "Yufeng Legion"! Haha!
In his heart, these Qiu Te people were always just barbarians and grass-roots people. Although they helped them fight for their own interests, they still felt that they offended the prestige of the Celestial Empire, and even though they died a hundred times, they still had more money!
How could Wu Heyan know the vicious thoughts in his heart at this moment? He sighed: The imperial army we faced in the past was all weak, so naturally he felt that the rumors about the imperial army being invincible were all exaggerated and failed to realize. It seems that the elite in the imperial army is indeed daunting. Just such a temporary team gathered together made our army in a mess! Alas! Xia Kingdom... Xia Kingdom!
Jiang Hanqing was wondering in his heart why this old man was so moved today, but he heard Wu Heyan suddenly say in shock: This Yanyun Mountain Pass has never lost to any enemy since the founding of the Qiute tribe. If it is ruined in my hands today, what kind of face will I have to go back to see my Chinese! Young Master Jiang, I have decided to fight to the death here and swear to live and die with Yanyun Mountain Pass! If the enemy is really captured by Yanyun Mountain Pass today, I hope you will lead the remaining troops to retreat eastward to fight again! As for me, you don’t have to worry about it anymore!
When Jiang Hanqing heard what he said, he felt respect for the barbarian general for the first time and said in awe: Victory and defeat are common in military affairs! Why do generals do this?
Wu Heyan said miserably: I have decided, the young master doesn’t have to say much!
Jiang Hanqing was waiting to persuade him again, but he heard the sound of drums at the foot of the mountain and the offensive of the imperial army began again.
Today, the imperial army was sure to win. Li Jixing's commanding flag was moved out of the camp for the first time since the war started, and was established in the array of siege troops, showing that he was personally visiting the front of the enemy today!
Inspired by this, the offensive of the Imperial Army today was the most violent since the war began.
After the three-way drum, the attacking imperial army rushed up from the bottom of the mountain.
The rocket Hulala shot towards Qiu Te's camp and burned on the wooden wall.
Although Qiu Teren had long laid a wet fire-proof cow felt on the wooden walls
But the rockets were too dense and even the buffalo felt was ignited
While Qiute soldiers were busy putting out the fire, tens of thousands of imperial infantry rushed forward
For a moment, the two armies were bows, arrows, and the sound of killing was shocked.
The soldiers of Qiu Te, who had been struggling for three days, quickly showed signs of fatigue under the impact of the Imperial Army.
Several Muzhai were climbed up by imperial soldiers and almost defeated
Fortunately, Wu Heyan sent a reserve force to launch a counterattack in time, and he rescued the danger of destruction.
The first round of offensive of the Imperial Army lasted for two hours until almost noon. What was left was a piece of land stained with blood and the village walls, as well as countless corpses. Not long ago, they were still alive people.
When the Imperial Army retreated, almost all the Qiutes collapsed to the ground powerlessly. Almost each of them tried their best. If the Imperial Army attacked again at this time, they might be able to take down Yanyun Mountain Pass without any effort. Fortunately, the Imperial Army is also a human being. After working for a long time, they also need to eat and rest, and they are unable to quickly organize a new round of offensive.
Wu Heyan and Jiang Hanqing inspected the situation of each camp separately. When they finally got together, their faces were very serious.
They all knew in their hearts that it seemed that they could not survive today
Wu Heyan has no longer had any hope for the battle situation at Yanyun Mountain Pass.
He immediately ordered all the wounded people who could be transferred to the rear, and all the materials that could be moved were transported away immediately. At the same time, he ordered the entire army to count the number of people and prepare lunch and retreat the remaining troops after retreating.
During lunch, Wu Heyan gathered his personal guards together
At that time, the five thousand guards were short of troops in recent days and were used as reserves to enter the most tight place on the front line, so the losses were extremely heavy. At this moment, there were less than a thousand people who could stand in front of Uheyan.
Standing on the stage, Wu Heyan saw these soldiers who had followed him for many years, and at this moment, they were covered in dirt and covered in blood. She felt excited and two tears burst out from her eyes.
He cleared his dry throat and said in a hoarse voice: Brothers! You are all old brothers who have followed me for many years! You have been following me for so many years, and of course you have suffered a lot! Let me tell you the truth today, Yanyun Mountain Pass can no longer be guarded!
The guards below began to get a little turmoil, but it soon calmed down. Everyone stared at their coach with firm eyes.
Wu Heyan felt his subordinates’ trust in him, and he burst into tears when he spoke.
This afternoon, we will deal with the army of the barbarians of Xia Kingdom, and we will retreat! But I won’t leave, I will live and die with Yanyun Mountain!
There was a riot in the audience
Madam, you can't do this!
Marshal, we can't live without you!
Dashu, we will not leave you behind! We want to be with you! ...
Wu Heyan burst into tears and gave in to the soldiers who sincerely supported him.
Brothers, don’t worry about me, this old man! I can’t leave! If I leave, what kind of face will I have to meet the Chinese people!…
His words were immediately covered up by louder noises
All the personal guards asked to be with him and stay here to fight with the enemy to the end until the last soldier
Looking at these loyal subordinates, Wu Heyan was so excited that she trembled all over and couldn't say anything.
Bai Yingjue looked around and burst into tears, leaning against Jiang Hanqing's arms and sobbing in a low voice.
Jiang Hanqing hugged her shoulders and said in a deep voice: This old Wu is really worthy of respect! Alas! If a general can be like him, and there are a large group of loyal subordinates who are willing to live and die together, it can be considered dead without regrets!
In the end, Wu Heyan still couldn't convince his guards to withdraw, so he had to agree to stay and fight to the death with him.
After lunch, the results of the entire army counting the number of people came up
Now the remaining troops in the camps at Yanyun Mountain Pass are 38,000
Three and a half days of bloody battle caused more than 110,000 casualties in Qiute's army.
Wu Heyan immediately ordered the entire army to reorganize the troops, and before the Xia army launched another offensive, Jiang Hanqing led the retreat, and at the same time asked the army to ignite all camps and delay the pursuit of the Xia army with fire.
He himself led 8,000 volunteer soldiers to retreat into Yanyun Mountain Pass, relying on the narrow mountain road to fight against the attacking Xia army, hoping that this could delay the progress of Xia army as much as possible and gain more time for future battles
When Jiang Hanqing led the remaining 30,000 Qiute troops to retreat to the Qiute Plateau to the east, the camp behind him had already risen with flames soaring into the sky.
He turned around and saw Wu Heyan's old figure appearing on a huge rock on the top of the mountain, waving to him frequently
Jiang Hanqing was already full of respect for this old man who would rather die than retreat.
Knowing that this would be the last time he saw Wu Heyan, Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but raise his hand and waved it to him, and said: Goodbye, respectable old man!
Without any delay, Jiang Hanqing turned his head and squeezed the horse's belly hard
The war horse neighed and galloped east along the gradually widening road
An old barbarian man died, but he is still young and there are still many things waiting for him to do in the future!
Seeing the raging fires rising in almost all the Qiute camps on the mountain, the imperial army, who was preparing to launch a new round of offensive at the foot of the mountain, cheered. Who else could not understand the fact that Qiute finally couldn't resist and began to retreat!
The fire burned until the next morning before it was extinguished. The imperial army then crossed the mountain pass with the smoke ashes and marched towards the east of the Qiute Kingdom.
On November 17, the imperial army broke through Yanyun Mountainkou in the fifth year of Zhenzhi in Taiping.
When the first imperial army slowly passed through the mountain pass, the soldiers watching from the rear were filled with joy!
They made history!
This army became the first foreign army in history to break through Yanyun Mountain Pass and enter Qiu Teguo's land.
In the short three and a half days of bloody battle at Yanyun Mountain, the Imperial Army killed and injured 150,000 people, of which nearly 60,000 were elite cavalry of the "Black Hawk Legion". Including Qiu Te's 110,000, the combined losses of the two sides were nearly 300,000.
This battle, which was later called the Bloody Battle of Yanyun, made Yanyun Mountain Pass be regarded as synonymous with the Gate of Hell for a long time later
Stepping across the mountain pass into the narrow mountain road of Yanyun Mountain, they were hit by a blow before the excitement of the imperial army disappeared.
The eight thousand Qiute soldiers led by Uheyan hid on the steep mountain and let go of the vanguard of the Empire who was fully alert and opened the way.
Seeing that the vanguard troops in front had passed smoothly, the main force of the Imperial Army walking behind quickly relaxed its vigilance. They believed that if there were enemies here, the vanguard troops would naturally encounter them. Now there was no danger in the vanguard troops, and Qiu Teren must have all withdrawn.
Under this idea, the Imperial Army's alertness was much relaxed a lot
They arranged in dense marching formations and walked into the narrow mountain road with great swagger. The tiger, who was completely unaware of the evil, was staring at them with wide mouths.
When the infantry team of the Imperial Army was halfway through, the Qiute people launched an attack. They relied on the steep mountains to attack these Imperial Army, who were walking in the mountain road but were wary of nothing.
In the narrow mountain road, the imperial soldiers arranged in dense marching shapes were unable to spread their troops at all.
They were crowded on the mountain road, unable to even use weapons, and they became the target of the Renqiu Te people's massacre
For a moment, the mountain road was filled with the wailing sounds of imperial soldiers before their death
This sudden blow almost completely collapsed the unprepared imperial army.
Some soldiers have lost their courage and trampled on each other and fled.
However, the calmness and decisiveness of the Imperial officers present saved them. Several officers promptly drew their swords and killed the soldiers who dared to escape and cause chaos, and forced others to turn around and fight against the enemy like a man
Inspired by the commander, the war-torn imperial soldiers quickly recovered from the initial chaos.
They began to organize some decent resistance
Soon they discovered that there were only a few thousand of these Qiu Te people who attacked them, and they were already exhausted. At this time, they began to launch a large-scale counterattack with confidence.
The dense imperial soldiers rushed towards the Qiu Te people who had attacked. When the imperial army that had passed was alarmed, they turned around to assist the comrades in the rear to attack the troops led by Uheyan.
Uheyan and his men had already put their lives and deaths apart. Faced with the siege of the imperial army, they resisted bravely without fear.
Uheyan and his several personal guards were surrounded by a group of imperial soldiers in the center. They formed a circle back to back to kill every imperial soldier who dared to rush up.
The bodies of dozens of imperial soldiers were lying densely around their bodies.
The Imperial soldiers could have shot them to death, but some of them had already judged from Uheyan's costume that he was a Qiute general, so their commander decided to capture Uheyan alive.
Under the supervision of the superior, the imperial soldiers kept coming over.
One is cut down, two people will be made up immediately
Wu Heyan and his personal guards gradually couldn't stand it anymore. Their physical strength was so weak that they could not swing the knife.
Soon, the only two remaining guards around Uheyan also fell to the ground, and now he is the only one left.
Looking at the countless imperial soldiers around him shouting and cheering, Wu Heyan knew that if this continued, he would inevitably be captured by the enemy. This was a shame that he could not bear.
He sneered and lifted the knife, and strangled his neck fiercely amid the screams of the imperial soldiers.
Blood gushed out of his neck, and he lay down on the mountain with his eyes wide open
Around him were the corpses of countless imperial soldiers, surrounding him, forming a circular corpse circle.
The soldiers of the Empire quietly surrounded his body, for a long time, for a long time!
This ambush on the mountain road, coupled with the subsequent work of cleaning up the battlefield and burying the bodies, delayed the journey of the Imperial Army for a whole day.
More than 10,000 people were added to the list of casualties of the Imperial Army.
That night, Li Jixing delivered the 800-mile credit to Yong'an Prefecture, the capital city, to the 800-mile expedition.
There is a passage above: Our army of the Celestial Empire, and the soldiers used their lives. After a hard battle in Su Ye, they stepped on Yan Yuntian and killed more than 120,000 barbarian soldiers, killed the enemy chief Wu Heyan, and declared the power of our Celestial Empire in foreign lands!
When Li Jixing's army was busy dealing with Wu Heyan's sneak attack, the remaining Qiu Te soldiers led by Jiang Hanqing had already rushed out of the Yanyun Mountains and ran east for more than a hundred miles to reach the vast Qiu Te Plateau.
The Qiute Plateau is a flat and vast plain, and it is also the birthplace of the Qiute people. On this plain, most of the Qiute people live.
The entire plain is more than 900 miles wide from east to west and about 600 miles wide from north to south.
The east reaches the border of East Lu, the south connects to the territory of Nanyue, and the west connects to the Yanyun Mountains
To the north of it are high mountains and ridges, and the cold climate is no man's land, only the nomadic special service personnel from more distant places in the north occasionally appear there
At the junction of the east and east of the Qiute Plateau, a dangerous mountain, the Sunrise Mountains are steep and almost impossible to climb.
The Sun Rising Mountains extend southward until they are about to enter the South Vietnamese Kingdom.
The location connected to the South Vietnamese Kingdom is similar to the Yanyun Mountain Pass. The location of the South Vietnamese Kingdom is much lower than that of the Qiute Plateau.
In this way, Qiu Te is also a high-ranking attitude towards Nanyue. If you rush down, you will be flat.
This unique geographical advantage makes the entire Qiute Plateau easy to defend but difficult to attack
It is with this geographical advantage that the Qiute people have been able to survive and develop strongly in an environment surrounded by strong enemies for thousands of years.
However, at this time, the situation was unprecedentedly severe for Qiu Teren. Yanyun Mountain, a natural dangerous place in the west, which had never been broken by the Yanhuang clan, had been broken through by the imperial army at this time.
When the imperial army rushed out of Yanyun Mountain and stepped onto the flat Qiute Plateau, Qiute people had almost no other way except to fight head-on with the imperial army.
What's even more terrible is that the main army of Qiu Te people, led by Han Yuexue, went to fight against the coalition forces of Eastern Lu and South Vietnam, but has no news yet
Even if they are really willing to confront the Imperial Army head-on, they can't get enough troops together.
After descending from the Yanyun Mountains, you have to cross a huge depression and then pass through a narrow mountain pass to officially enter the Qiute Plateau
The Qiu Te army led by Jiang Hanqing stopped at this recess in front of Liumapo.
While the soldiers were resting, Jiang Hanqing led a small team of cavalry to the pass of Liumapo and carefully observed the surrounding terrain.
He rode on the war horse and looked around. The vast Qiute Plateau in the east seemed dead and desolate in this cold season.
The gray soil is exposed to the air, and there are almost no living things on it except for the occasional yellow straw that can be seen.
It seems that Jiang Hanqing is a little disdainful of the desolate land in front of him. A soldier next to him was unwilling to let Jiang Hanqing underestimate this land that raised him and grew up. He explained on the side: Winter is coming, so the grass has withered. If it is in spring and summer, you will see the beautiful scene of the lush grass covering the entire Great Plain. At that time, there were running horses, sheep, and cows everywhere in these places.
Jiang Hanqing nodded, not commenting
In fact, these things are not what he cares about in his heart
What he is really interested in is whether he can find a terrain suitable for hidden troops to launch a sneak attack.
He knew that in order to survive the pursuit of the Imperial Army, he had to seize every opportunity to give the Imperial Army the greatest blow as possible
In the current situation of enemy and us, everything is only hopeful to launch an unexpected sneak attack
But once you go east and enter the vast Qiute Plateau ahead, nothing can escape, so where can you find a place for 30,000 people to hide?
Jiang Hanqing secretly cursed the damn plain terrain in front of him with extremely vicious words in his heart, and the same hateful and uninformed Han Yuexue
Looking back at the 30,000 Qiute soldiers who were resting in the depression behind them, they all hung their heads and were listless, and they were completely inferior to their original arrogance.
After all, I just lost the battle, no one can get excited
Jiang Hanqing naturally understood that what he needed most now was to use a victory to boost the morale of the soldiers.
But in the current situation, self-protection is still difficult, so it is not easy to win a battle!
Sighing, Jiang Hanqing said to Chen Bin who was following him: From this horse slope, we will enter the Qiute Plateau eastward. Unless we have enough military strength to support it, we will have no way to resist the impact of the imperial army! It seems that we can only escape into the Qiute Plateau and hide in Tibet first.
Chen Bin shook his head and said: It's Ah! With our current military strength, how is the opponent of the imperial army Ah! Alas! I don't know what Queen Qiu Te did. She brought so many people to fight those two small countries, but there was no news at all.
Jiang Hanqing shook his head in a heavy mood, turned his horse's head and waited to return to the garrison in the depression below.
While walking down the mountain, Jiang Hanqing looked at the narrow concave in front of him and suddenly had an idea and said to Chen Bin: Look, what would happen if he fought a war with the Imperial Army at this mountain pass?
Chen Bin was stunned for a moment, carefully looked at the surrounding terrain, and suddenly shouted: Young Master, Gao Ah! Let's resist the Imperial Army in this leverpool, and I believe that it can delay the Imperial Army's offensive!
Lin Fengxian was puzzled: Brother Qing, how could we use our 30,000 troops to block the attack of the imperial army at this small Liumapo mountain pass? Wouldn't that be used to strike a stone with an egg?
Jiang Hanqing obviously didn't care, shook his head and said with a smile: Fengxian, please observe the terrain carefully! I'll give you some tips first. The key is not the small entrance of Liumapo, but the concave ground at the foot of the mountain.
After hearing this, Lin Fengxian quickly observed the huge depression in front of Liumapo Pass, but after looking at it, he still couldn't see what the big depression at the junction of the mountain and the plain could make.
When Lin Fengxian scratched his head and thought hard, Jiang Hanqing shook his head secretly, thinking: Although Fengxian is smart, he is still too young after all! His talent in using troops and formations is still lacking! It seems that he will be trained more in the future.
After patting Lin Fengxian on the shoulder, Jiang Hanqing said: Fengxian, can’t think of it? It doesn’t matter, let Chen Bin explain it to you!
Lin Fengxian blushed, nodded, and quickly turned his gaze to Chen Bin
Seeing this, Chen Bin hurriedly said: I am just guessing the young master’s idea, but it may not be correct!
Jiang Hanqing smiled and signaled him but said it was okay
Chen Bin then cleared his throat and pointed to the surrounding terrain to analyze it for Lin Fengxian.
Fengxian, look at the surrounding terrain. The entire recess here is a wide area, with a wide terrain in the west and narrow east. Its western direct Yanyun Mountains is smooth and open, and can accommodate a large number of troops entering the recess from the west.
Lin Fengxian nodded and said: It's Ah! I've seen this too!
Chen Bin continued: But look at the east side of this depression, it shrinks rapidly into a very narrow mountain road at the point where it connects to Liumapo. It directly leads to Liumapo Pass. Here, as long as the army's scale increases slightly, its formation will definitely not be fully expanded. If the army wants to pass through Liumapo from here, it can only invest a small number of troops every time to pass through it in sequence. In addition, on both sides of this narrow mountain road, the height of the steep hill slope close to 90 degrees connected to the Yanyun Mountain range. Although it is not very large, it is completely enough to prevent the cavalry from fighting. This also makes the attempt of the cavalry rushing down from Yanyun Mountain after climbing the mountains from both sides to Liumapo. It can only be a forceful killing from the mountain road.
After saying this, Lin Fengxian finally realized: I understand! In other words, if we choose to fight against the Imperial Army at this mountain pass, the large groups of troops of the Imperial Army will be unable to spread their superior forces because of the narrow mountain road east of the depression, and can only crowd in this narrow place to fight against us. In this way, we will not be afraid of the Imperial Army's military's military's military's military's military's military's advantage and have the opportunity to win! Is that true?
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: Although the Imperial Army is too strong, we cannot achieve absolute victory, but we only need to delay their progress slightly, and the situation will become more beneficial to us. At least it can encourage our own morale.
After a pause, Jiang Hanqing continued: However, we must fight this battle cleanly and neatly, and immediately get rid of the enemy and quickly withdraw. Even if we defeat the enemy, we cannot be greedy for merit and love the battle. Note that we only have 30,000 people. Once we are entangled by the imperial army, their number advantage will be exerted. Even if we do not attack them all, we will be beaten to death by using wheel battles!
Everyone knew that this was true and nodded repeatedly
Pointing to the surrounding terrain, Jiang Hanqing said:After the imperial army broke through Yanyun Mountain Pass, it must be the morale that was high. We sent an army to lure the opponent to this depression, and placed the main force at the Liumapo entrance at the back end of this narrow mountain road to the enemy. When the enemy saw that the enemy was blocking the road, the force was not too strong, so we would definitely want to launch an offensive in one go. They had no idea about the terrain. In the tenth, they would enter this narrow mountain road. At that time, we would have an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. In addition, we sent two troops around the Liumapo entrance, climbed up from the steep mountains on both sides, and raided on it with bows and arrows on it. Once the enemy was lured into this narrow mountain road, it would be crowded and it would be difficult to unfold its formation to exert its numerical advantage. At that time, our army was waiting for the effort and fought with all its strength. In addition, with the bows and arrows on the mountains on both sides, we would definitely be able to defeat the strong enemy here.
After a group of people happily discussed, they immediately began to prepare according to the plan.
Jiang Longxiáng and Li Kebiao led two thousand archers through the Liumapo Pass respectively, climbed from the relatively flat east hillside to the tops of the mountain pass, and lie there waiting for the enemy.
Jiang Wuxiong was responsible for leading 5,000 cavalrymen to station near the mountain road exit of Yanyun Mountain, preparing to lure the enemy into the bait
Jiang Hanqing and Chen Bin led the remaining 20,000 Qiu Te cavalry to camp at the Liumapo Pass and its east side.
The soldiers of Qiu Te are indeed worthy of their reputation as bravery. Although they were defeated by the fact that they looked dejected before, they knew that the number of enemy soldiers was ten times higher than that of themselves. However, once they heard that they were going to fight the enemy here, they were not cowardly, but they quickly cheered up from the confusion and depression after the last failure and began to prepare for the subsequent battle with all their hearts.
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but admire the fearless spirit of war expressed by these Qiu Te people, and deeply sighed that Qiu Te people are really a warlike race.
Two days later, November 19th, afternoon, sunny day
This day is a rare good weather in winter. The bright sunshine shines on people, sweeping away the cold air a few days ago, and everyone is excited by it.
After destroying the sneak attack from Qiu Te's troops led by Uheyan, the imperial army, who had been traveling in the mountains for more than a day, finally walked out of Yanyun Mountain.
The five thousand Qiu Te cavalry led by Jiang Wuxiong were welcomed by the imperial army at the end of Yanyun Mountain Road.
The Qiu Te cavalry, who had been waiting for two days, finally saw the target that he had been waiting for for a long time, were all extremely excited.
They did not wait for the empire's vanguard troops to figure out the surrounding situation and launched a rapid attack on it in time.
Almost all the Qiute cavalrymen were very angry when they gave up the defeat two days ago. At this time, they seemed to vent all their depression. They shouted wildly and rushed towards the imperial cavalry that had just appeared at the intersection of the mountain road, making these imperial cavalry who had become very arrogant due to victory immediately panic and chaos.
After days of hard fighting and not having a good rest, the Imperial Army was already trapped in people and horses. Under the impact of the Qiute cavalry who had been in accumulating strength for two days, their vanguard troops were soon defeated.
Jiang Wuxiong led his men to chase the fleeing imperial soldiers in a pretentious manner
Shortly after chasing Yanyun Mountain, they saw a brigade of imperial cavalry who heard the troops in front were attacked and rushed to reinforce.
According to Jiang Hanqing's instructions, before he could get involved, Jiang Wuxiong ordered his men to turn around and retreat immediately
So a group of cavalry pretended to be panic and turned their horses to escape from the road.
The Imperial Army will naturally not take them seriously for this enemy army with only a few thousand people.
The leading officer also completely ignored the danger of being in a vain, and boldly led his subordinates to chase him from behind, trying to eat this group of Qiu Te's barbarians who were overestimating their power and took the initiative to touch the tiger's beard.
Jiang Wuxiong carefully pulled the noses of the imperial cavalry, always keeping a close distance from them in front
Under his temptation, the Imperial Cavalry completely lost their guard and just wanted to catch up earlier and solve the beautiful meat that was sent to his mouth.
After escaping and chasing, both sides quickly ran out of Yanyun Mountain Road and entered the battlefield carefully selected by Jiang Hanqing two days ago.
The soldiers sent by Jiang Wuxiong to report the news that the Imperial Army arrived early.
Jiang Hanqing, who received the news, immediately ordered the entire army to set up a formation at the Liumapo Pass, and notified Jiang Longxi and Li Kebiao, who were ambushing the tops of the mountains on both sides, to be prepared to fight at any time.
By the time the imperial army came here with Jiang Wuxiong's troops, Jiang Hanqing's army had been neatly arranged at the entrance of Liumapo Mountain.
The imperial soldiers who were chasing Jiang Wuxiong suddenly saw a large group of Qiu Te cavalry who were ready to go in front of him. They were shocked and tied the reins of the war horses, trying to stop the mount that was still galloping forward under their crotch.
Because he rushed too fast before, several war horses couldn't stop their momentum
With a long neigh, the war horseman stood up and threw the cavalry above him out.
The cavalry behind who had not seen clearly the situation ahead were still running forward, hitting their companions who had stopped in front immediately, making them overwhelmed and in chaos for a moment.
When the imperial army was trampling on each other, Jiang Wuxiong had already led his cavalry to turn around and kill him, and Jiang Hanqing also sent 10,000 cavalry to rush forward to give him powerful reinforcements.
Before the imperial cavalry in front could organize a decent resistance, they were killed by Qiu Te cavalry like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The Cavalry of Qiute shouted to divide the vanguard of the Imperial Cavalry into several pieces, surround and destroy them.
Jiang Hanqing stood at the mountain pass, nervously observing the battle in the depression
Although his army was still taking the initiative at this moment, he did not dare to be careless at all. He could even be sure that the Imperial Army would soon reverse the unfavorable situation.
The place where both sides were fighting fiercely is located in the middle of this huge depression, where the terrain is still relatively wide, enough for the imperial cavalry to launch an attack formation.
Jiang Hanqing knew in his heart that once the imperial army recovered, they set up their formation and began to fight back. With the advantage of numbers, they could easily defeat the 15,000 cavalry that they were now engaged in the battle.
As if in order to prove that Jiang Hanqing's judgment was not wrong, the situation on the battlefield changed quickly.
When the vanguard of the Imperial Army was about to be completely defeated by the raid of the Qiute cavalry, the general who led the vanguard army played a key role
This guy was a general of the Black Hawk Legion. Seeing that the soldiers around him gave up resisting and fled, he still had no intention of giving up and continued to struggle hard.
After killing several soldiers who tried to escape, the situation was finally controlled by him
While ordering the soldiers around him to resist the Qiute offensive on the spot, he sent people to report back and request reinforcements.
Inspired by him, the cavalry of the Imperial Army gradually came back from the initial panic and began to form a team to face the attacking Qiu Teren.
The imperial reinforcements from the rear also arrived quickly and immediately entered the battle
Soon the imperial army's numerical advantage came into effect, and the Qiute's offensive was slowly curbed.
Seeing that the Imperial Army gradually gained its foothold, Jiang Hanqing knew that it would be too late to withdraw his troops. He immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
Hearing the signal of withdrawal, Jiang Wuxiong and his men naturally did not dare to neglect them, and immediately turned their heads and ran towards their own formation.
Seeing Qiu Te's sudden retreat, most of the imperial cavalry did not dare to pursue him, but began to set up formations under the command of their own officers, preparing to face a larger-scale battle behind.
A small number of imperial soldiers also tried to pursue the retreating enemy troops, but the arrows shot by the Qiute cavalry lined up at the Liumapo Pass immediately pulled them down, and prompted them to give up this unwise idea.
The cavalry led by Jiang Wuxiong successfully returned to his formation
It was an hour and a half since they first encountered the enemy
In the depression at the foot of the mountain, the imperial army had begun to gather in large numbers, and behind them there were a large number of troops continuously driving out of the Yanyun Mountain Pass and entering this vast depression
Looking at the densely packed imperial soldiers at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Hanqing turned to Chen Bin and said: This battle must be won later, otherwise we will be over! Hehe! He was originally planning to come here to harm the emperor, but maybe it will turn into digging his own grave!
Chen Bin frowned and said: Young Master, even if we win this battle today, I think it will not have much impact on the strength of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. How should we go in the future? Alas! The key is that Queen Qiu Te, I don’t know what she is doing, and there is no news yet!
Jiang Hanqing shook his head and said with a pale face: It's Ah! The current situation is like this, the key is her problem! She will never take 300,000 people to deal with two weak countries and have to defeat the war, right? What else can I do in the future? After fighting this battle today, boost the morale of the army, and delay Li Jixing's progress. Then we quickly slip eastward to find the Han Yuexue army.
What if she really defeated?
Bai Yingjue couldn't help but interrupt,
Jiang Hanqing reached out and patted her ass hard, and said viciously: You are a big bad guy! You won’t say a word! If she is really defeated, I will immediately take Chen Bin and the others to quietly take a detour back home and throw you, a slut here to sleep with those rude soldiers!
Seeing that Jiang Hanqing was not angry, Bai Yingjue didn't dare to say anything more, so he immediately shut his mouth obediently.
Chen Bin looked up at the sky and said: In another hour, the sun is not going to set. If Li Jixing is not in a hurry to advance, be cautious and should withdraw his troops at this time. If he doesn't take this seriously, Qiu Te's army may launch an offensive before dark!
Jiang Hanqing observed the situation in the imperial army for a while, shook his head and said: Look at this! Li Jixing still doesn't want to be blocked by us for a night! Look, he did not send someone to camp immediately, but asked a large group of cavalry to line up in front. I think even if he didn't attack with all his might, he would at least tentatively attack before dark, and see how our strength could be done. If we could kill us in one go, we would plan to camp.
Chen Bin sighed and said: The difference in strength is too great for him, just a test for us, but it is also a fatal thing!
Jiang Hanqing nodded and said: It's Ah! It's really a headache! But... we will have a great chance of winning in this battle later, at least we won't be defeated by them! As long as we grit our teeth and hold on to the opponent's first attack, his offensive will be slightly frustrated, then the sky will not be too far away, and the old man Li Jixing, who saw that we are not showing any weakness, would definitely not dare to take the risk of night battles, and would immediately withdraw our troops and camp! Then we will quickly retreat in the night! As for the future matters...
Everyone was silent, only the mountain wind blew the biting cold
Jiang Hanqing lamented in his heart, originally hoping to use Qiu Teren's power to attack the emperor's old man as much as possible.
Now, I was tied to the death chariot by Qiu Teren.
After thinking about it, the dangers in the past few days were all caused by the insignificance of Queen Qiu Te.
Jiang Hanqing couldn't help but greet Han Yuexue's body organs in extremely obscene words again in his heart.
It was almost evening when the imperial army at the foot of the mountain finally sounded the horn of the attack.
The attacking troops have been lined up, but they are just waiting for the war drum to sound.
A distance behind them was the main force of the Imperial Army, and Li Jixing's handsome flag was flying high above them
From the deployment of dividing the troops into two parts, Jiang Hanqing can be sure that this attack was just a tentative attack.
If the attack goes smoothly, Li Jixing will quickly put all the troops in the rear and strive to defeat the enemy in front of him in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, the battle will end quickly and fight again tomorrow
Jiang Hanqing roughly estimated the number of the Imperial Army that was put into battle. Although it was a tentative attack, he still invested about 100,000 troops, three times his entire strength.
He couldn't help but secretly glad in his heart that the battlefield terrain conditions he chose were very beneficial to him, so that the other party could not press all his troops towards him from the beginning, otherwise he would have dispersed his people just by rushing.
Under the slanting sunlight, the armor and weapons worn by the imperial army reflected a strong light, a shiny area, with a powerful aura.
Facing the West, Qiu Te Ren was already dull by the sunlight, and then he looked at the Imperial Army and felt quite dazzling.
With the sound of the dongdong war drum, the cavalry of the imperial army began to move towards this side
The 40,000 people rushing to the front were all black helmets and black armor. Obviously, the Black Hawk Army was the leader.
At the beginning, the Imperial Army's war horses were still very slow, just walking around. Apart from the sound of armor rubbing, there was almost no sound of horse hooves in the military formation.
Gradually the clanging sound of the armor rubbing, the dull horse hooves were pressed over
The horses are moving faster and faster, and most of them are already trotting
The ground starts to vibrate slightly
There was silence in Qiu Te's army, and all the cavalry looked at the Xia army slowly pressing towards him with a serious expression.
The horses under the cavalry seemed to feel the solemn atmosphere of the war coming, sniffing uneasy and kicking
Occasionally, a few war horses neighed
Jiang Hanqing gently shouted in his heart: Come on! Come on! Black Hawk Legion, this Liumapo will become your grave!
As the imperial army began to slowly enter the narrow mountain road that gradually contracted, the people began to squeeze together, and their formation was slightly confused.
But they continued to move forward
The width of the front is getting narrower and narrower, and the front end of the imperial army is becoming more and more sharp and crowded
However, looking at the little Qiu Te cavalry in front of him, the imperial soldiers walking in front of him obviously felt that their power was much stronger, so they were not afraid at all and continued to move forward
They did not realize that the forces in front of them had become so thin due to the terrain compression.
Qiu Teren patiently waited for the arrival of the enemy
The place where they set up the formation was carefully selected by Jiang Hanqing
If you walk along the mountain road from west to east, two miles ahead of them, the narrow mountain road that has been shrinking in the middle has begun to gradually expand outward and then
It was even more enlightened when they were less than a mile away.
Looking at where they were, the mountain road ahead was like a valley. They were at the exit of the valley, waiting to attack the enemies that came out of the valley
The terrain here is so wider than the mountain road in front, so it is naturally much more convenient for Qiu Teren to move.
The most important thing is that Jiang Hanqing has already thought about it. When the imperial army vanguard just came out of that narrow mountain road, he could order the entire army to assault.
At that time, the imperial army had not had time to fully unfold, so they could only fight against the fierce attack of Qiute's army with an unfavorable fan-shaped formation.
In this way, Qiu Te can rush up from the open place, give full play to its military resources, and form a siege against the imperial army vanguards protruding from the mountain road.
After struggling to move forward for a long time, when the Qiutes were still two miles away, the cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion were suddenly surprised to find that the mountain road had begun to widen.
The imperial cavalry secretly thanked that God opened his eyes and gave themselves a more favorable terrain when they were about to fight.
Before the officers could give the order, they unconsciously accelerated their advancement and wanted to unfold their formation as much as possible.
The imperial army behind did not know what was ahead, but saw that the troops in front suddenly accelerated, and were afraid that the distance would widen, so they also accelerated.
Standing in the depression far behind, Li Jixing didn't know the subtle changes in the terrain ahead.
He was worried that the troops would not be able to complete the battle before dark
At this moment, I suddenly saw the action of the cavalry troops participating in the attack suddenly quickly. I couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that the terrain was beneficial to my squadron of cavalry, so the officers in front were ready to formally fight with Qiu Te barbarians.
Li Jixing, who was eager to end the battle before dark, did not think much, and immediately ordered from a distance: Beat the drum! The whole army assaulted!
Hearing the sudden rapid war drum behind him, the imperial cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion shouted and urged the war horses under their feet to rush towards Qiu Teren.
For a moment, the mountains swayed and the sound of hooves shook the sky
Looking at the fierce imperial soldiers who rushed towards him from the mountain road, Qiu Teren was expressionless.
For warriors who have been through the battlefield for a long time, they may also feel a little nervous before the battle begins. When the war begins, there will be nothing left.
Jiang Hanqing raised his right hand and Chen Bin shouted quickly: Get ready for bows and arrows!
More than ten commanders rushed to the front of the team, ran from the middle to both sides, and repeated Chen Bin's orders over and over again so that all Qiu Te people could hear it.
Hearing the order, Qiu Teren immediately raised the powerful bow in his hand, bent his bow and arrow, aiming at the imperial cavalry rushing over.
The first Black Hawk Legion cavalry rushed out of the narrow mountain road
The sudden appearance of such cheerful terrain in front of them surprised them, and the rapid offensive immediately stopped. The person who was still shouting loudly just now was silent.
After a moment of silence, the officer who was still the leader responded first and shouted loudly: Brothers, the enemy is ahead! Fight Ah!
Inspired by the commander, the other soldiers also shouted: Kill Ah!
At the same time, he urgently urged the war horse under his feet and killed Qiu Teren without fear.
Hearing the sound of killing in front of him, the people behind him naturally knew that the two armies had finally met, and they shouted.
The shouts of killing soar into the sky
Jiang Hanqing calmly looked at the cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion who was screaming and rushing towards his formation.
One thousand steps, nine hundred steps, eight hundred steps...five hundred steps, four hundred steps!
When the cavalry of the Black Hawk Legion was only four hundred steps away from Qiu Teren, Jiang Hanqing smashed his hand down heavily and shouted: Shoot the arrow!
The war drum behind him immediately made a deafening sound.
Qiu Te's bow and arrow sprinkled at the enemy rushing in front of him
Ah!…ah!…Oh!
The screams of pain after being shot into the arrow are heard
Jiang Hanqing ordered again: Order the ambush to shoot arrows!
As Qiu Teren's horn sounded, Jiang Longxiong, who was ambushing on the steep hillsides on both sides, and the archers led by Li Kebiao suddenly emerged.
A ruthless rain of arrows poured into the imperial cavalry crowded in the narrow mountain path
At this time, at the exit of the mountain road, the bodies of the imperial cavalry were already piled up all over the ground
The imperial cavalry protruded from the narrow mountain road, facing the Qiute army, whose formation was unfolding into a front line, had no choice but to rush forward blindly
The soldiers of Qiu Tejun aimed calmly, then took advantage of their appearance, and concentrated on shooting at the exit of the middle mountain road, causing heavy casualties to the imperial cavalry
The front could not be reached, and archers were ambushed by the tops of the mountains on both sides, and the imperial cavalry crowded in the narrow mountain road was in panic.
There are crowds of people, and horses are attached to horses. You can't advance or retreat, and you can't even retreat. Even turning around is a problem, and you have become a living target for archers on the top of the mountain!
Jiang Longxiáng and Li Kebiao ordered their soldiers to first choose the officer-like person to start.
A large number of imperial officers were shot and killed in the mountain road
The soldiers without officer command were even more panicked
Someone shouted and wanted to rush forward, and went out from the mountain pass to fight with Qiu Teren.
Someone tried hard to turn his horse's head and fled back
The screams, screams, curses, and curses have replaced the previous brave shouts of killing, echoing desolately on the mountain road
In most places, people trampled on each other, and in some places, they even pulled out swords and killed their own people in order to escape.
Although Li Jixing, who was watching the battle in the rear, did not know the specific situation ahead, he also understood that due to his negligence, he was defeated in this battle today!
Sighing helplessly, the old man ordered heavily: Mingjin...draw the troops!
Hearing the signal of withdrawal, the imperial army in the mountain road was even more panicked. After a trampling of people, he finally turned around and retreated.
Jiang Hanqing also seized the opportunity to order the entire army to assault
The high-spirited Cavalry rushed into the mountain road and slashed the imperial cavalry at the tail of the hall frantically
The imperial cavalry, who had completely lost their organization, had no power to fight back, fell one by one under Qiu Te's horse's hooves.
Behind were the slashing of the Qiute cavalry and ambushed by the archers above. The completely desperate imperial army collapsed.
The phenomenon of trampling on each other finally spread to the entire army
Everyone rushed forward desperately, and they didn't care how many people they were stomping on under the horse's hooves.
When Qiu Teren chased the defeated army of the Empire and went halfway to the narrow mountain road, Jiang Hanqing was afraid that he would chase him and be attacked by Li Jixing, so he hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops.
When the sun completely disappeared behind Yanyun Mountain in the west, the dramatic battle finally ended
The Imperial Army paid a heavy price for its underestimation of the enemy
Their bodies were piled up like mountains at the entrance of Liumapo and in the mountain path leading to Liumapo.
The entire mountain road was stained red with blood, and it has not yet returned to its true colors many years later
In this battle, the Qiute people suffered almost no losses, but the imperial army paid a high price of 50,000 deaths, most of which were killed by the Qiute people's bows and arrows and their own horses' hooves.
Only a small number were killed by the Cavalry of the Chiut
Among the 50,000 people, all 40,000 soldiers of the Black Hawk Legion
In addition to the soldiers who died in battle, the Black Hawk Legion's 100,000 cavalry were wiped out after this battle.
This cavalry legion, which was once among the imperial army sequence, was destroyed in the war with the Qiute people and was removed from the list since then
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